If there is a necessity for a man to touch a woman...

If there is a necessity for a man to touch a woman, and vice versa, such as medical cure or saving a drowning person, and there is no a female doctor for the woman or a male doctor for man, it is lawful for both sides to touch or look at the other side for tests, cure or the like. J.

It is lawful for non- mahram men to hear the voice of non- mahram women on condition that hearing should not be with sexual desire or as a cause for committing haram acts and it is permitted for a woman to make her voice heard through discourse or address by a non- mahram man on condition that her voice should not mislead or seduce listeners, because it is haram for a woman to talk to men in an excited and agitating manner. K.

It is recommended for a woman to keep her beauty and elegance for her husband because attractiveness and beauty represent an important side in the life of woman and an essential source among the sources of the happiness of matrimonial life. L. It is forbidden for a woman to imitate men (by dress, actions or behavior) and vice versa. M. It is forbidden for a woman to perfume herself and go outside her home, i.e.

it is forbidden that her perfume is noticed by non- mahram men while passing among them or mixing with them. If we examine carefully these legal responsibilities which fall under the frame of Islamic hijab , we will find that both men and women share the task of responsibility regarding this rule, with the specification concerning women in covering their body.

This shows strongly that Islam is aspires to establish clean relations between the two sexes; spread purity and dignity among people; and safeguard the society with healthy relations. It is not among its intentions to disgrace a woman's dignity among people or prevent her from performing her role in life as it is clear through the above mentioned laws concerning Islamic hijab .

If we want to judge strictly the matter of covering woman's body and we have said it is correct to say that both men and women hold the same task in the general framework of Islamic hijab , the question comes: Why a woman alone bear the burden of covering her body and without man to do so? The fact, which no fair-minded person can doubt, is that the reason for the specification of covering a woman's body alone relates to her sentimental and physical qualities.